caltrop

Significado (Inglés)

1. A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).
2. (colloquial) The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
3. Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.

Conceptos

abrojo

cadillo

cadena de abrojos de hierrro

cadena de clavos

abrojo terrestre

cruz maltesa

cuerno de chivo

tribulo

garbanzo del cura

encojaperros

trapacaballos encarnado

Sinónimos

water chestnut

star-thistle

water chestnut plant

devil’s weed

Tribulus terestris

caltrap

Centauria calcitrapa

goathead

caltrop chain

Chinese water chestnut

puncture vine

puncture-vine

puncturevine

bullhead

crow's foot

calthrop

obstacles

spider

🕷️

spike

thorns

Mexican sandbur

Traducciones

abrolho

chausse-trape

murex

centaurée chausse-trape

Krähenfuß

estrepe

pied de corbeau

tribule

tribolo

castagna d’acqua

tribulo comune

piede di corvo

Kallstroemia

Tribulus terrestris

Tribulus terestris

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkæltɹəp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: calketrappe

Heredado de inglés antiguo: calcatrippe

In summary

From Middle English calketrappe, from Old English calcatrippe, from Medieval Latin calcatrippa (“thistle”), from Latin calx or calcare + trappa.